Eyre Crowe
British diplomat (1864–1925) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe GCB GCMG (30 July 1864 – 28 April 1925) was a British diplomat, an expert on Germany in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He is best known for his vehement warning, in 1907, that Germany's expansionism was motivated by animosity towards Britain and should provoke a closer Entente Cordiale between the British Empire and France.
Sir Eyre Crowe | |
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Born | (1864-07-30)30 July 1864 |
Died | 28 April 1925(1925-04-28) (aged 60) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Known for | Memorandum on the Present State of British Relations with France and Germany (1907) |
Relatives | Brian Crowe (grandson) |
At the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, Crowe worked with the French President Georges Clemenceau. Although Lloyd George and Crowe's rivals in the Foreign Office tried to prevent his promotion and lessen his influence, Crowe served as Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1920 until his death in 1925, as a consequence of his patronage by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Curzon.